Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 5068, Nathaniel Gatchell, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Gatchell, Nathaniel
N 5068
Douglas Mary
BLK 101 134-160-55-
Douglas or Douglass.
CONTENTS
Former Widow

Ingraham me
1870 Dec 30 Transferred to Augusta Me Jan 4 Sept 1870 6 P.M.
Mary Douglas
Mary Douglas, formerly widow of Nathaniel Gatchell who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Private Portland Company
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 96 dollars 00 cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
37 July 1868
Certificate of Pension issued 6th day of Oct. 1868
and sent to J. M. Ayer North Pownal Me.
Act July 27/68.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 86 Vol. H
W. H. H. H.

Col. Butts
See evidence filed with the application for a pension under act 2 nd February 1833.
77094-
317545. Act Mar 3/55 April 18/62
Mary Douglas for wid of Nathaniel Gatchel
Private
Capt. Sennett. Col. Pore.
Rev. Shaw.
Allowed. 160. acres.
L. M. Drury.
Examiner.
J. M. Ayer. North Pownal Maine

Lt. H. C. G. Wachsmuth Order 6/57 Same May 28/58 N. J. Ferris, Dec 17, 1858
18.302 Maine Nathaniel Gatchell (L.S.) Inscribed in the State of Maine who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Lemont of the Regt. commanded by Col. Root in the time for 14 1/2 mo's.
died 12 January 1833.
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine the rate of 48 Dollars 32 Cents per annum, commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 day of Augt. 1833 and sent to Freeman Bradford Portland
Arrears to the 4th of Servant. allowance ending
Arrears due from 4th Mar '31 to 12 Jan '33. 1 yr. 10 mo 8 ds $89.65
Revolutionary Claim, } Act June 7, 1832. } Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk Book E Vol. 1 Page 18.
Certificate issued in favor of Mary Gatchell (widow)

Declaration of Mary Gatchell
Simon Bradford Portland Maine

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA The Pension Certificate of the applicant may be returned to the subscriber if awarded
Very respectfully your Obed Servt
Freeman Bradford Patton

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
MAINE DISTRICT SS.
At a Special District Court of the United States begun and held at Portland, within and for said District, on the thirteenth day of January A. D. eighteen hundred and thirty- three before the Honorable ASHUR WARE, Judge of said Court.
On this thirteenth day of January - Court before said District Judge Durham aged forty nine - years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7th, 1832. That she
Mary Gatchell a resident of Durham in the county of Cumberland in said Maine District, is the widow of Nathaniel Gatchell late of Durham in said County who died on the twelfth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three and that he was seventy four years of age at the time of his decease. That the said Gatchell was married in 1781. for the first time to Merciah Plummer who died in May 1802. That she was married to the said Gatchell in the Town of Limington Lincoln County in December 1802 and has lived with her husband from that time to the day of his death. That she the said Mary has heard her husband relate his services when alive. The reason why he did not make application before was that he was afflicted with the rheumatism and other complaints and consequently deprived of his recollection. He was unable to make a journey also to appear before the judge. She states that she has heard her husband say that he volunteered in Capt. Lemuel Conham of Bath which company was sent to Machias to guard the villages from the ravages of the Indians and that he served under that enlistment three months. Of this service she has no record and does not know whether there is any one alive who served with him.
She hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and she declares that his name is not on any pension roll of any agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the agency in the State of
Mary Gatchell mark
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. Before
Ashur Ware
U. S. Judge for the District of Maine.

 1 The said Mary also declares that her husband was born in Brunswick in the year 1759. as 2 appears from the record of his age, a copy of which is herewith transmitted  3 That he was residing in Penobscot near Dan- when called into the service and that he lived in Dan when he died  4 That the manner in which he was called into the service appears from the evidence herewith transmitted  5. And also the names of the officers.  6 That she never saw a discharge - 
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatives prescribed by the War Department) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states as stated in the depositions herewith annexed.
I, John Nussey — Clerk of the District Court of the United States for Maine District, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Mary Gatchell — for a pension. And that Freeman Bradford, Josiah W. Mitchell & Ebenezer Everett whose signatures are to the annexed documents, are magistrates and that the signatures of said persons purporting to be theirs, are genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this twenty second day of February A. D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three
John Nussey } Clerk of the U. States District Court for Maine District.
I certify that it has been satisfactorily proved to me that the above named Mary Gatchell is the widow of Nathaniel Gatchell named in her application & that the said Nathaniel died on the twelfth day of January last as is stated in her affidavit
February 22. 1833.
Stephen J. H. D. H. (Dist. of Maine)

Additional Bounty Land Supplementary claim of a Revolutionary pensioner, by act of 1855.
of Mary Gatchell
J. M. Ayer Atty.
North Berwick Maine
314545

April 9 th . A.D. 1862
Inplementary Declaration of Mary Douglas, widow of Nathaniel Gatchell formerly for Bounty said under act of March 3, 1855, she having as she supposed made once other claim, or Declaration for the said Bounty, but has been informed that her papers have been mislaid, or lost and cannot get any intelligence of the same. Therefore she now, Declares that she is the former widow of Nathaniel Gatchell, deceased, and that she was a Revolutionary soldier, and that she is already a pensioner at the rate of Forty Eight Dollars 32 / 100 per annum commencing on the ninth day of November, 1858, which certificate numbers, 6,681, and for proof of identity we would refer the commissioner to the papers already on file by which she was pensioned on the thirteenth day of August, A.D. 1859, J. Thompson secty of the Interior, recorded on Page 86, vol. 1. G. P. Getty Clerk, she very respectfully asks the examination of her claim immediately if possible. — And to recognise fullity as who is her last and only Atty all others hereby are revoked, on this 9 th day of April A.D. 1862, In testimony whereof she hereunto set her hand on the above date, she swears that she has never received any Bounty said Attest W. R. Marston Amanda Carl.
Mary Douglas
State of Maine, County of Androscoggin ss, April 9 th , A.D. 1862. Then personally appeared Mary Douglas, and made oath in due form of Law to the truth of the foregoing Declaration by her subscribed before me. A. Waterhouse Justice of the Peace.

Know all men by these presents in the County of Maine hand and do hereby
State of Maine.
ANDROSCOGGIN, SS.
Clerk's Office, Sup. Jud. Court,
Auburn, April 9 1862 }
I, Josiah D. Pulsifer , Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court for said County of Androscoggin, being a Court of Record, do hereby certify that
A. Waterman
is, and at the date of his certificate to the paper hereunto annexed, was an ACTING JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, within and for the County of _____ Androscoggin, as appears by the paper hereunto annexed—that he is duly commissioned and qualified to administer oaths and take acknowledgements of Deeds and other instruments in writing, in the county _____ aforesaid, and that the following signature, purporting to be his, is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Supreme Judicial Court for said County, the day and year first above written.
J. D. Pulsifer , CLERK.

Know all men by these presents That I, Mary Douglass of Durham in the County of Androscoggin and State of Maine have and do hereby constitute and put in my place and stead for me and in my name as fully as I, could do if personally present to act in the premises hereby revoking all former powers of Attorney in the premises to establish my claim to Bounty Land under act of congress passed on the 3 d day of March, A.D. 1855, given to any other person, except the present appointing John M. Ayer in the premises and address him at North Berwick Maine & I hereby ratify all the legal acts of my said Atty to ask the commissioner to give me the situation of my claim for bounty Land if my claim has ever been presented, my former agent not having reported the same to me. Therefore I revoke all other powers and authorize said John Ayer or his substitute to receive all communications and furnish all evidence in the case and also to receive my said warrant when it issues. In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand seal this 9 th day of April 1862. — Attest, W. H. Marston Mary X Douglass mark
Amasa Curtis
State of Maine, County of Androscoggin ss April 9 th A.D. 1862, subscribed and acknowledged by Mary Douglass Before me, A. Waterhouse Justice Peace

April 9th 1862, I would very respectfully represent that from an acquaintance with Mrs. Mary Douglass the Declar- ant, former widow of Mr Nathaniel Gatchell that she is still a widow and the former widow of said Nathaniel Gatchell, &c. That she is a Revolution- ary pensioner of the W. S. — A. Waterhouse, P.

Henry Gatchell
1841
March 2nd
Dear Mother
I am

Nathaniel Gatchell son of John Gatchell and Mary his wife was born in Bruns- wick May 14 th 1759.
From the Records of Brunswick John McKim Town Clerk.
Brunswick Sept 10 1832.
Mary Gatchell the wife of Nathaniel Gatchell of Durham

State of Wisconsin { Dunn County { 88
Samuel Moulton of Waunakee Dunn county Wisconsin being duly sworn on oath deposes and says I am now seventy five years of age and am a brother of Mary I replace the applicant for pension money under act of February 3 rd 1853 as formerly the widow of Nathaniel Fatchett who was a revolutionary soldier. The said Mary I replace and Nathaniel Fatchett was lawfully married at Durham in the state of Maine in the year 1802 and thousand eight hundred and two and continued to live and cohabit together as husband and wife until the thirteenth day of June 1833 when the said Nathaniel Fatchett died. In April in the same year the said Mary Fatchett remarried

with the  latter are William Douglass I know that the said Mary — Douglass is the identical person who drew the pension money at Parker's in the state Main money act of June 7 th 1832.
in virtue of the said Nathaniel Fatchels services in the revolutionary war and that the said Mary Douglass is now a widow and further says not- subscribed and sworn to before me this 14 th day of June 1859 and I further certify that I well know the said Samuel Moulton and that he is a credible person
Samuel Moulton
C B Douglass Sister of the Peace

State of Wisconsin } ss Runeau County
Caroline Flannick of Runau Runau county Wisconsin being duly sworn on oath deposes and says I am now forty three years of age. I am well acquainted with the applicant Mary Doylass She the said Mary is my mother. My mother lived and cohabited with Nathaniel Gatchell as her husband the said Nathaniel Gatchell was my father who died on the nineteenth of January 1833 I know that the said Mary Doylass is the identical person who drew pension money at Portland in the state of Maine under act of June 7 th 1832 in virtue of Nathaniel Gatchell services in the revolutionary war. And deponent further

says that the said Mary Douglass is now a widow & further says not
I subscribe and swear Caroline Gendle to before me this 14 th day of June 1859
and I further certify that I well know the said Caroline Gendle and that she is a credible person
C B Douglass Justice of the Peace
Clerk of the Circuit Court for the Douglass whose name is indorsed instrument, and thereon written, wa Mother of the Peace

says that the said Mary Payson
State of Wisconsin, } ss JUNEAU COUNTY }
I, D. M. Kercher Clerk of the Circuit Court for the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify, that C. B. Douglas whose name is subscribed to the certificate of the proof or acknowledgment of the annexed instrument, and thereon written, was, at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgment an acting Justice of the Peace for the County aforesaid, duly Elected and sworn, and duly authorized to take the same ; and further, that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of such Justice of the Peace , and verily believe that the signature to the said certificate of proof or acknowledgment is genuine. I further certify that said instrument is executed according to the laws of this State, as appears by said certificate.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court, at the Clerk's Office, in New Lisbon , this 27 th day of June , A. D. 1859
D. M. Kercher Clerk.
7

CERTIFICATE NO. 6681
APPLICATION FOR A TRANSFER OF PENSION
BY
Mary Douglas
From Portland Magazine
To Augusta Magazine
S.D.
Ref. No. 11-701
FILED BY
Prentiss
Gardner
Attorney.
Me.
O.R.

APPLICATION FOR A TRANSFER.
No Pensioner will be transferred to a State without he or she is a permanent resident therein, nor to an Agency without their residence is within the district. The official character and signature of the acting Magistrate must be certified to. If personally known to the Pension Agent, or the certificate is on file at the Agency, his certificate of official character is sufficient.
STATE OF Maine COUNTY OF Kennebec ss:
On this 13 day of October , 18 70 , before me, a Notary Public , personally appeared Mary Douglas , now a PERMANENT resident of the County of Kennebec , the State of Maine who, being duly sworn, declareth that she is the same person whose name was placed, on the 6 th day of October , 18 68 , upon the list of * Army pensions, at the rate of Ninety-Six Dollars per annum  Cents per month , from the 127 th day of July , 18 68 .
That said Mary Douglas was last paid at the Pension Agency of Portland Maine to the 4 th day of September , 18 70 , but now desires and applies for the payment of said pension at, and the transfer of her name to the roll of, the Pension Agency at Augusta Maine .
She has removed to Gardiner, Kennebec County, Maine, and intends to become a permanent resident there.
Sworn and subscribed to before me, the day and year aforesaid. William J. Skodda Carrie J. Skodda Notary Public
Mary Douglas Pensioner. Post Office Address Gardiner Maine
* Insert "Army" or "Navy." † Insert the reasons for requesting the transfer.
EVIDENCE OF IDENTITY.
STATE OF Maine COUNTY OF Kennebec ss:
I, Just Skodda , a Notary Public in the County above named, do hereby certify that I have the most satisfactory evidence, * viz:
Personal knowledge
that Mary Douglas , who has this day appeared before me to take the oath of identity, is the identical person named in the pension certificate, which he has exhibited before me numbered 6681 , and bearing date at the Department of the Interior the 6 th day of October , 18 68 , and signed by M. J. Otto acting Secretary of the Interior
GIVEN under my hand at Gardiner Me this 13 th day of October , 18 70 Just Skodda
N. B.—When the Pensioner is personally known to the Agent, and he will certify to his identity, the annexed form may be dispensed with. The number of pension certificate is sometimes on the back of it. * Here state what the evidence is—Whether personal knowledge, or the affidavits of respectable persons, giving their names. † It is not necessary to send the pension certificate with an application for transfer, but the number of it must always be inserted.
The Pension certificate must be surrendered.

STATE OF ..... COUNTY OF ..... , 88:
I, ..... Clerk of the ..... Court of the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that is ..... , duly commissioned and qualified; that his commission was dated on the ..... day of ..... , 18 ..... , and will expire on the ..... day of ..... , 18 ..... ; and that his signature above written is genuine.
GIVEN under my hand and the seal of said County, this ..... day of ..... , 186 .
..... , Clerk.

STATE OF WISCONSIN, } ss. ADAMS COUNTY, }
I, Otis B. Lapham Clerk of the Circuit Court
for the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Samuel W. Tyler whose name is subscribed to the Certificate of the Proof or Acknowledgment of the annexed Instrument, and thereon written, was, at the time of taking such Proof or Acknowledgment, an acting Judge for the County aforesaid, as appears from the Records in my office, duly Elected and sworn, and duly authorized to take the same; and further, that I am acquainted with the hand-writing of such Judge , and verily believe that the signature to the said Certificate of Proof or Acknowledgment is genuine. I further certify that said Instrument is executed according to the Laws of this State, as appears by said Certificate.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my Hand
and affixed the Seal of, the said Court, at the Clerk's Office
in Quincy, this 14 th day of April , A. D. 1859
Otis B. Lapham Clerk.

STATE OF WISCONSIN, } ss. ADAMS COUNTY, }
I, Otis B. Sapham
Clerk of the Circuit Court
whose
for the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that H. S. Ferris name is subscribed to the Certificate of the Proof or Acknowledgment of the annexed Instrument, and thereon written, was, at the time of taking such Proof or Acknowledgment, an acting Notary Public for the County aforesaid, as appears from the Records in my office, duly appointed and sworn, and duly authorized to take the same; and further, that I am acquainted with the hand-writing of such H. S. Ferris , and verily believe that the signature to the said Certificate of Proof or Acknowledgment is genuine. I further certify that said Instrument is executed according to the Laws of this State, as appears by said Certificate.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my Hand
and affixed the Seal of the said Court, at the Clerk's Office
in Quincy, this 14 th day of April , A. D. 1859
Otis B. Sapham
Clerk.
en arun u ... um

Counties of Cumberland & Durham November 4: 13th: Anno Domini 1802
Martin Rowland & Town Clerk

State of Wisconsin } ss Adams county }
On this 23 rd day of March A D 1859 personally appeared before the county court of said county of Adams of the state of Wisconsin Mary (D) Langlass a resident of said county and state affirming that she is a widow who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the law of the United States passed on the 3 rd February 1853 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the revolutionary war that she is the widow of Nathaniel Gatchell who was a soldier in said war and served as per the proof heretofore made by this affiant. She further declares that she was married to the said Nathaniel Gatchell on the the second day of December eighteen hundred and four that her said husband died on the 18 th day of January 1853

That she was not married to him prior to the death of Henry eighteen hundred and at the time above stated that she remained a widow until the 13 th day of April 1841 at which time she intermarried with William D Douglass. She further says that on the ninth day of November one thousand eight hundred and fifty eight the said William Douglass her husband aforesaid died.
She further says that she is the identical person who drew a pension of Portland in the state of Maine under act of June 7 th 1832 in virtue of Nathaniel Paton's services in the revolutionary war and that she is now a widow known to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me.
Her Mary X Douglass Mark
Samuel H. Telford Conly Judge

State of Wisconsin Adams county } 88
I Anna Moulton of Waver in the county of Hancock in the state of Wisconsin being duly sworn depose and say I am now seventy five (75-) years of age and am a brother of Mary Doyliss who was the wife of Nathaniel Fitch The said Mary Doyliss was lawfully married to the said Nathaniel Fitch in November or December A.D. 1802 and lived and cohabited with him as her husband until the death of him the said Nathaniel Fitch which took place in 1833 at which time she the said Mary was the lawful wife of the said Nathaniel Fitch — I do depose further say I have always lived in the same neighborhood with the said Mary and know that she is the identical person who was the wife of the said Nathaniel Fitch a soldier in the revolutionary war, and that

She is the identical person who drew the pension money under act of June 7 th 1832 in virtue of Nathaniel Fitchett's services in the revolutionary war I am this respondent further says that the said Mary Darglass is now a widow & further says that Samuel Hutton
The foregoing affidavits was subscribed and sworn to before me this 4 th day of January AD 1859 and I further certify that I ever knew the said Samuel Hutton & that he is a credible person
W. D. Harris Notary Public W.P.

State of Wisconsin Adams county } 59
Caroline Garrison
I wish of Waukon in the county of Pottawattamie in the state of Wisconsin being any known persons now say so I am now forty one (41) years of age and am a daughter of William Fitchell and Mary Douglass. My father died in 1833 and my mother afterwards married William Douglass. I know that the said Mary Douglass is the identical person who lived and cohabited with the said William Fitchell as her husband and that she is the identical person who made the pension money under the act of June 7 th 1832 in virtue of her William Fitchell's services in the revolutionary war. And this deponent further says that the said Mary Douglass is now a widow & further says not
Caroline Garrison
The foregoing affidavit was subscribed and sworn to before me this 4 th day of January A.D. 1859

Concord
Am I another century that I can know the kind of woman I wish & that she is a sensible person
W. H. Harris N. Gray Rubin W. S.

State of Wisconsin } Adams county } ss
Daniel Young of Living in said county being duly sworn confesses on oath and says, I was well acquainted with William Dreyfus (the husband of Mary Dreyfus whose affidavit is herunto annexed) in his lifetime, the said William Dreyfus died on the ninth day of November one thousand eight hundred and fifty eight. I was present at the time of his death. Defendant further says I am well acquainted with Mary Dreyfus the applicant in this case and know her to be a credible person
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 4 th day of April A D 1859
Daniel Young
Otis B Lapham Clerk Circuit Court

D4502 Mary Gatchill Portland Maine
Lisbon Little River Village 6 - Gilbert Post Office
Freeman Bradford Portland Maine
E

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
183
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Mary Gatchell Widow of Nathaniel Gatchell Durham Co. obtained.
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     " 5 " Pvt Capt. Lerronts 74 in May 44 Witnesses Stephen Ridout   9 15 " Capt. Tyle - Col. Poor's Regt. Ephraim Small John Dunning Ischocha Doughty   14 15  
14 1/2 months
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
From the pension testimony that we have obtained with great trouble and expense we send the proof of 14 1/2 months
In vain
Y Bradford

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters. Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District of _____ aged (c) _____ years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _____, with _____ and served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____ line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. [This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _____
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I _____ of the Court of _____ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this _____ day of _____ &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____, who has hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the _____ and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the _____ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _____ day of _____ &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____; For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [j] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
Joseph Rowen

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 5068
Mary Douglas Wid. of Nathaniel Gatchell Pvt. Res. M.
Act: Feby. 3 rd 58
Index:—Vol. A , Page 187
[Arrangement of 1870.]

6681
Wisconsin.
Mary Douglas, formerly widow of Nathaniel Gatchell,
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Private,
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 48 dollars 32 cents per annum, to commence on the 21st Feb. 1858 9th November 1858.
Certificate of Pension issued 30th day of August '59 and sent to
N. S. Ferris, Quincy Wisc.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 86. Vol. H
1861
Feby 28 Transferred to Portland Maine from 11th Sept 1860
Lt. Nathl Gatchell. see Bounty Land correspondence. Mar. 21/61.
See Bunkerland claim.

Mary Douglas — formerly widow of Nathaniel Gatchell. Adams Co Wisconsin Admitted Oct Feb 3, 1853. at rate of $48.32 per annum, commencing from 9 th November 1858. when her second husband (William Douglas) died.
Pay widow
Service 14½ mos private of Infantry
Certificate to
N. J. Ferris Esq.
Quincy Adams Co Wisconsin

No 7229.
Cary Douglas
Confined to
Michael Gaddell
his cousin
Det. A. S. Ferris, Oct. 25/59
Ad. Feb'y 3. 1853

Additional
Dear
To the Commissioners of Pensions. City of Washington. D.C.

Applicant is a pensioner - her husband Nathaniel Gatchell was a pensioner, Served under Capt. Secrett in Col. Potts Regt. Rev. War - L. M. D.

Juney Adams County Wisconsin Nov. 2 nd 1853-
Hon. L. P. Waldo -
Washington
D.C. } Br. Sir Nathaniel Estachel a revolutionary soldier, was draughted, or rather took the place of a draughted man - at West Point - and served for about 14 months - He died in 1833 - never having drawn a pension - His Widow the year after or the same year, he died drew, a pension of about $90. She is now living - she was married in 1802 - and claims that by the Act of Feb 3 rd 1853 she is entitled to a pension - Her name was Mary Estachel - and at the time she drew the sum above named she went on to Washington the agreed proof - as to her identity - her marriage the service of her husband &c. &c. on which proof she stopped the pension You will please to inform me within the proof already on file in your Office will be sufficient after certifying from that she is the same person &c. - If it is not sufficient proof send me instructions - as to what proof is needed &c. - Adress me at Bell Prairie Adams County - Wisconsin as soon as possible
Yours truly J. A. Bigelow

Adams Co Pa Lebanon, Oct the 6th 1856
Sir
Mary Dugless widow of Nathaniel Detched who was a revolutionary soldier who died 1838 She wishes wishes to know if there is pension for her since her marriage to Mr. Dugless April the 10th 1841
Yours Respectfully
To
Cabin Co Pa
J. Minott Esq. If proof is require it is the enquisite

Calvin Cary Oct 30/56
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Pension Office
October 30 1856
1833/
Sir
Mary Douglass formerly widow of Nathaniel  Nancy Gatchel is now unmarried and can prove that her former husband was a soldier of the Revolutionary War and that he rendered as much as six months service she will be entitled to a pension.
Calvin Cady
Quincy
Illinois
Wisconsin

Payment to be made at Milwaukee by
C. H. Larkin
Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of
Wisconsin
Payable on the 4th September and 4th March
Recorded in the Pension Office on the Roll of Pensioners under act February 3d, 1853, Page 86 Vol. A
G. J. Getty Clerk.

Ex 22A 104
William Douglas Last Residence
No. 6. 681.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, WIDOW'S PENSION.
Official calculation, #15.33
I certify that, in conformity with the 2d section of the act of February 3, 1853,
Mary Douglas, formerly
widow of Nathaniel Gatchell
who was a _____ private _____ in the revolutionary war, is inscribed on the Pension List, at the rate of Forty-eight, — dollars and thirty-two cents per annum, commencing on the 9th of February, 1853 November 1858, and continuing for life, unless she should again marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage.
Given at the Department of the Interior, this thirtieth day of August, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine —
D. Thompson Secretary of the Interior.
Examined and countersigned.
W. A. Whiting Commissioner of Pensions.
Amount due on this certificate from the Secretary of the Interior, $15.33
See S. Whiting
2/48 32 24.75

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Living Adams Co. Wis.
17 th Apr 1859
con't pensions
Dr in
Enclosed here
with please return proof in case of Mary Douglas application for pension
Quincy & Adams
W. J. Harris

N.
Declaration, for Increase of Pension Under section 13, act of July 27, 1868,
State of Maine, county of Androscoggin, S.S.
On this 28 th day of September, A.D. 1868, personally appeared before me, Geo. S. Woodman Register of the Probate Court holding a Court of Probate, within, and for the county and state aforesaid, Mary Douglas, formerly widow of Nathaniel Gatchell, aged 84, years a resident of Durham, in the state of Maine, who being duly sworn according to Law, declares, that she is the identical Mary Douglas to whom was granted a Pension Certificate No. 6,681, payable at the Portland Maine agency at the rate Forty eight Dollars & thirty two cents per annum, issued under the act of February, 3, A.D. 1853, that she makes this Declara- tion in order to secure the increase of her Pension to which she is entitled under the 13 th section of the act of July 27 th A.D. 1868, - My Post office address is Lisbon Falls, Maine. -
Witnesses - by J. 2, A. Waterhouse Greenleaf Sawyer
her Mary X Douglas mark,
Also, personally appeared
A. Waterhouse of Durham and Greenleaf Sawyer reside- nts of Lisbon in said county, persons whom I certify to be respectable and entitled to credit, and being by me duly sworn say that they were present and saw Mary Douglas make her mark to the foregoing Declaration, and they further swear, that they have sufficient reason to believe from the appearance of the applicant and their acquaintance with her, that she is the identical person she represented herself to be, and that they have no interest in the prosecution of this claim.
A. Waterhouse Greenleaf Sawyer

saw, Mary Douglas make her mark to the foregoing Declaration, and they further swear, that they have sufficient reason, to believe from the appearance of the applicant and their acquaintance with her, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be, and that they have no interest in the prosecution of this claim, -
A. Walbridge Greenleaf Page
Sworn to, and, subscribed before me this 28 th day of September A. D. Eighteen Hundred and sixty eight, And I hereby certify that I have no interest, direct, or indirect, in the prosecution of this claim, -
Geo. S. Woodman Register Probate Court Androscoggin County Maine,

Lisbon Androscoggin Co. Maine Jan. 28/61 to the Pension Agent Washington Dis. of Columbia Dis.
I wish to obtain some information upon a certain point and therefore take the liberty to address you, which I think may not be out of place.
I Nathaniel Gatchell of Lisbon am the only male heir in line of Nathaniel Gatchell of Durham County of Androscoggin who died in 1822 adhering My own mother Miriam Gatchell died in 1802 My father married again in 1803 a second wife

and she after my father's death in 1822 married again a man by the name of Mr. Douglass, he has since died. She is now the widow of Mr. Douglass. She is now prosecuting a claim for a land warrant, and if it belongs to her I am willing she should have it. But believing it to belong to me as she is not the widow of my father, and I am the eldest male heir, I wish you to inform and inform this matter and if it does not belong to her you will please not to allow her to draw the same and I will attend to it. The papers will probably

reach your office very soon.
Please write me and direct to Nathaniel Gatchell. Lisbon.
Androscoggin Me.
Yours very respectfully Nathaniel Gatchell per S. J. West Eng

Increase Brief in the Case of Mary Douglas, formerly widow of 6.681 Nathaniel Gatchell. Lisbon Falls Androscoggin County and State of Maine  Post Office 2 o sec Act Feb 3. 1853.
CLAIM FOR NEW PENSION CERTIFICATE,
PROOF EXHIBITED,
A pension on roll of Maine at $48.32 pr Annum - Claim in under Act of July 27. 1868 - but returned
Personal identity & Widowhood shown
Admitted Oct 3. 1868 to a pension at $96. pr Annum to commence July 27. 1868 deducting pay since.
Name and residence of Agent.
J. M. Ayer Nath Pownal Maine
W. L. Wash Examining Clerk.

Brief in the case of Mary Douglas, formerly widow of Nathaniel Gatchell.
Adams — County and State of Wisconsin. act February 3. 1853.
Claim, ("original," or " for increase .")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
This claimant recovered the pension due her first husband, the above named Nathaniel Gatchell, under act of June 7. 1832, from 4 th March 1831 to January 12. 1833 — the date of his death. The certificate was issued August 8. 1833. She now proves her identity, and that (for increase) her marriage to the said Gatchell took place in 1802, by several credible witnesses. It is also shown by satisfactory proof that she intermarried with William Douglas in 1841, and that he died on the 9 th of November 1858.
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
The same amount of pension per annum that she recovered under act of June 7. 1832, as aforesaid, viz. $48.32 c , has now been allowed under act of February 3. 1853, commencing from the date of death of her second husband. —
Name and residence of Agent
N. S. Herries, Esq. Quincy, Adams Co Wisconsin.
R. Ladd Examining Clerk.

House of Rep July 11-1861
Sir
I enclose the Pension Certificate of Mary Doyley & other necessary Papers to change the place of payment from Milwaukee to Portland -
Please enclose a new certificate as requested - directed to me -
Yours truly John N. Berry

Milwaukee Feb y 22 1861
Sir
In answer to your favour of the 18 th instant I would state that Mary Douglass formerly widow of Nathaniel Gatchell, a Pensioner now on the roll of this agency, has been paid up to September 4 th 1860 at Fortyeight 3 / 4 100 Dollars per annum. And my book regulated according to your instructions
Very respectfully
Your Obedient Servant
Geo S West
Pension Agent
Geo. L Whiting Esq d Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City

Pension Agency,
Nov 18, 1870.
Sir:
In compliance with yours of the 14 th instant, notifying me of an application for a transfer from this Agency by Mary Douglas Widow of Nathaniel Gatchell, a Pensioner under the Act of July 3/53 Sec. 2, the following report is made.
Rate at which to be paid: $96.00 per annum.
Date to which last paid: Sept. 4/70
Date of original commencement of the pension: Nov 9/58
Date when the increase commenced: July 2/68
Is semi-annual or annual examinations required? —
If exempt from biennial examination: —
For how many children is the widow entitled to the additional $2 per month? none
Has any child died, been abandoned, adopted, or is supported by an orphan asylum or other institution? none
How many children, or sisters and brothers; and if all the children are entitled to the $2 per month additional? none
Names of minors who have died before 16 years of age: —
Date when minor's pension terminates: —
Name of the acting guardian: —
If overpaid, suspended, re-enlisted, remarried, or other objection to a transfer: none
Respectfully,
M. A. Blanchard
Pension Agent.
To Hon. Wm. A. Orm.
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.

State of Wisconsin Allouez county { ss
Mary Douglass after stating being ears being duly sworn deposes and says that she is the identical person who was the wife of William Fitchell, who was a soldier in the Revolutionary War with Great Britain & who drew a pension by virtue of such service. My able at- tendance in the state of main and this deponent further says that the said William Fitchell died in January 1833 and that this deponent claims the amount then due her husband. At present further says that she is now a widow and that owing to the lapse of time and the embarrassed state of her memory she is unable to recollect all the facts connected with her husband's service in said war. She therefore makes this application for the pension of said deceased

a copy of the proof establish- -ing the claim of the late Nathaniel Fitchett to his late pension
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 30 th day of November 1858
Mr Murray & Douglass mark
M. J. Lewis Notary Public Williams County Wisconsin

Stephen Ridout Deposition 2

Stephen Dideout of Bowdoin in the county of Lincoln and State of Maine. Aged Seventy three years Testify and say that some time in the Spring of 1778 I went to West Point and enlisted in the Conti- -nental Army, and was acquainted with Nath- Gatchell. while at West Point, and went in company with him from the State of Maine, I saw him frequently while at said West Point, and knew him to be a soldier in the Militia, company, Commanded by Captain Abraham Tyler, I think, The Colonel who commanded the Regiment I can not distinctly recollect his name. I was soon after taken sick at West Point and was carried to the Hospital, and remained there some time and I lost my recollection of circumstances that transpired while there. I returned home in March A.D. 1779 (if I am not mistaken)
Question, What Nathaniel Gatchell do you mean — and when did he live
Answer Nathaniel Gatchell late of Deering in the county of Cumberland. Resided formerly of Brunswick in said county in the Revolution
Question, Was you and the said Nathaniel Gatchell at Machias if so please to state Answer, I was a soldier with the said Nathaniel Gatchell, and went in Capt. Benjamin Lorient's Company Commanded by him, in Colonel Dyer's Regiment. We enlisted some time in the Month of September A.D. 1779 and went to camp and there  went in li

2) A vessel by water to Mackinac in the County of Washington, and from Mackinac we went to a place called the Rivn, and there we kept guard, and on drill every day more or less until we was dismissed, and we returned home in March following. I think we was out five months. and the said Nathaniel Gatineau was with me all the time afore mentioned and returned home with me - Capt. Lemont commanded the Militia Company called that we were in Stephen Ridout
Lincoln Is. June 20 th 1833
Personally appeared the above named Stephen Ridout and made oath to the foregoing deposition by him signed together with his answer to the interrogatories to be true before me Jas. Potter ? Justice of the Peace
Bowdoin June 20 th 1832
I have long been acquainted with Stephen Ridout and state that he may be relied on with the utmost confidence as to Truth and Veracity
Jas. Potter ? Justice of the Peace

Little River Village, Me. } June 21 ————— }
Paid 31 3/4
Freeman Bradford Esq.
Corner of Temple & Middle Streets,
Portland.
Me.
John M. Small Sebastian

I Ephraim Small of Bowdoin in the county of Lincoln and State of Maine Aged Seventy three years Testify and say that I was acquainted with Nathaniel Gatchell late of Durham in the county of Cumberland Deceased, and he enlisted in the Militia in the Revolution in the Spring on the first of May A.D. 1778 In Captain Abraham or Abram Tylers' Company, and in Col d Thomas Coos' Regiment, we went from Saco in Maine to Pechskill I think near White Plains, and was discharged the last of February A.D. 1779. We went to said White Plains in the State of New- York and from there to West Point, and staid there about five months, and we was on guard and at labor in building forts and Batteries about all the time while at West Point. The Place of our Final Discharge was at Kings Ferry so called, and we arrived home on the first of March A.D. 1779 I the said Ephraim Small, and the said Nathaniel Gatchell enlist- -ed in the Towns of and Brunswick Harpswell in the county of Cumberland aforesaid, under the command of the said Tyler of Black Point now called Saco, The said Gatchell was honorably discharged, from the Service aforesaid Ephraim Small Bowdoin June 20 th 1883

Lincoln Is June 20 th 1833
Personally appeared the within named Ephraim Small and made oath to the deposition by him signed to be true Before me - Jas. Potter 3 d Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that I have been acquainted with the within named Ephraim Small upwards of twenty years and he has always maintained a good character, and the utmost confidence may be placed in him as to truth and veracity.
Jas. Potter 3 d Justice of the Peace
Bowling June 20 th 1833

John Coonley Deposition

I John Coombs of Harpswell in the County of Cumberland and State of Maine aged 78 years testify and say that in the Month of May and the year 1778 I enlisted in a company commanded by Capt. Abraham Tyler into the service of the State, and that Nathaniel Gatchell late of Durham in the County of Cumberland deceased enlisted into the same company at the same time; we then marched together in said company to White Plains, Peaks hills, State of New York and from the day we entered until we were discharged it was over nine months, as we returned home in March the next year - I think Col. Pownall commanded the Regiment to which we belonged a part of the time we were in the service we worked on Fort Porage, and built a battery at Stony point. John his Coombs mark
Cumberland ss. May 18. 1833. Then the above named John Coombs personally appeared and made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him subscribed was just and true. Before me. Robert B. Dunning, Justice of the peace
Brunswick June 18. 1833. I hereby certify that I am acquainted with the above named John Coombs and that I have always considered him a man of truth and veracity. Robert B. Dunning, Justice of the peace

deposition of William Galehell

I William Gatchell of Brunswick in the County of Cumberland and State of Maine aged 77 years - testify and say that some time in the month of Sept. A.D. 1877 I enlisted into a company commanded by Capt. Benjamin Lamont and that Nathl. Gatchell, late of Durham in said County deceased enlisted into said company, under said Lamont, at the same time with me, that we marched in company to Camden, from thence we took shipping and went to Machias now in the County of Washington and said Nathl. Gatchell and myself remained on duty at that time five months, Col. Allen commanding the regiment to which we belonged William Gatchell
Cumberland ss. June 16. 1833. Then the above named William Gatchell personally appeared and made Oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him subscribed before me Robert D. Dunning Justice of the peace
I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the above named William Gatchell, and that he is a man of truth and veracity in whom full credit may be placed. Robert D. Dunning Justice of the peace

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40 33
48.32 24.16 12.08 4.02 1.07 $89.65
3.0 4 0 2 1 3 8 1.04 3
John D. Murray Deposition
14 1 / 2 min
Issue cert. to widow
401.666 1.56 48.32

I John Dunning of Truroport in the county of Cumberland & State of Maine aged 80 years testify and say that in the month of May in the year 1778 I enlisted in a company commanded by Capt Abraham Tyber in Col n Poor's Regiment of Malicia called into the service of the States and that Nathaniel Gatchell late of Durham in the county of Cumberland ceased joined the regiment in the same company on the twenty second of June of the year aforesaid at Fish Kill State of New York and the said Gatchell continued in the service until the month of February 1779 and was then honorably discharged and we returned home in the month of March. We were the most of the time stationed at West point building a fort and keeping guard - in the month of December we were employed at what was called King's Ferry building a fort at Stoney point. John Dunning
Cumberland June 19 th 1833 I here person- ally appeared the above named John Dunning and made solemn oath to the foregoing deposition by him subscribed as just and true. Before me Cornelius Dillingham Just of the Peace
Truroport June 19 th 1833 I certify that I have been long acquainted with John Dunning and that I have always and continue to consider him a man of strict truth and veracity. Corn d Dillingham Just of the Peace

Maine District
District Clerk's Office July 10. 1833
In testimony that James Potter & Robert D. Cunningham & Cornelius Billingsham are Magistrates as within & that the signatures to the within purporting to be theirs are genuine I have hereunto set my hand & seal of Office the day & year last above written
John Mufsey Clerk U.S. Court

1- Nath Gatchell - Depo of Christopher Yeacy -

I Christopher Tracey junior of Durham County of Cumberland State of Maine aged forty four years on oath testify and say that I was well acquainted with Nathaniel Gatchell who formerly resided in Durham and lived about one mile from the said Gatchell's residence who died on the twelfth day of the month of January current being seventy four years of age. I was with said Gatchell when he died. Said Gatchell has been affected with the dumb palsy and other complaints which deprive him of reason. and in consequence thereof he has not been able to make any declaration of his revolutionary services. Said Gatchell has left a widow who has made application for a pension under the act of the seventh of June. I fear the state that it was the belief of the neighborhood when he resided for many years that he was  that he was a soldier of the revolution and I concur in that opinion. From the proof that has been exhibited and from what I have heard

him which concerning his services I have no reason to doubt but that he was a soldier of the Revolution.
Christopher Tracy Jr
State of Maine
6 in the County of SS. January 30th 1833
Then personally appeared the above named Christopher Tracy senior a man well known to me and a credible witness and also of truth and veracity and made oath to the foregoing deposition by him signed before me.
Freeman Brackett Justice of the Peace

Deposition of John Drumming for Nathl Gutchel.

State of Maine
Cumberland
I John Dunning of Free-
port in said County yeoman aged 79 years old do hereby testify and say that I was in the war- time of the late war, a sergeant in the company of Capt. Abraham Tyler in the Reg't of Col. Thomas Patten and joined the Reg't at Rich Hill, and were sta- tioned most of the time at Point Pique in New York and did service there eight months after I joined that Regiment. And I do know that Nathan Gatchel now of Berhain in said County was a private in said Company, and an excellent soldier, and did duty for the whole of said eight months. - John Dunning Freeport Sept 6 1832
State of Maine
Cumberland Sept 6. 1832. Then per-
sonally appeared John Dunning above named. I made oath to the truth of the above deposit by him signed - Before me Josiah W. Mitchell Just Peace
I certify that I have been well acquainted with the above named John Dunning for the last twenty five years and that he is a man of truth & veracity -
Josiah W. Mitchell Just Peace

With Goldhill Isaac D'Israeli Septimus

I Ichabod Doughty of Brunswick in the County of Cumberland land and State of Maine, Yeoman, aged seventy six years on oath declare, that in the Revolutionary war between the United States of America & Great Britain, I served as a private soldier in the Militia having been substituted for a year drafted from said Town of Brunswick & for three months, early in the war, I think in the year following the burning of Falmouth, now Portland in Maine, and was stationed during the term of three months in the State of New York at or near a place called Fishkill; that I was well acquainted with Nathaniel Gatchell, then of Brunswick, but now living in the adjoining town of Durham, who is my cousin; and that during the said term of three months the said Gatchell served in the same Company & ate at the same mess, he was not drafted but served as a substitute & after the expiration of three months the said Gatchell received his discharge & came home with me.
I enlisted afterwards twice in the continental army for the term of three years each time. I was in the State of New Jersey in the year when the battle of Monmouth hap- pened & was engaged in that battle, in Col Henry Jackson's regi- ment; after the battle of Monmouth I saw the said Nathan- iel Gatchell at White Plains, he being then in the Militia service, having enlisted for the period of nine months, as he then informed me & I had every reason to believe. The name of the Colonel or Captain or the rank rank of the Regiment or Company I do not know recollect; I found him there during regular service. My regiment was then ordered off immediately to Rhode Island, where I served under Gen. Sullivan. Some months afterwards I returned to Brunswick on furlough, & there I saw the said Nathaniel Gatchell, who had recently returned from the service and as I had reason to know & fully believed had completed his term of nine months; he showed me his regular discharge in the usual form, stating to the same effect. And I have no doubt from my knowledge of the facts & from the

stated that the said Gatchell served the two periods aforesaid, to wit first for three months & afterwards for nine months.
I live within five miles of the said Gatchell at the present time & understand that in consequence of the Palsy with which he has been affected several years, he is disabled in body & lost his understanding.
his Ichabod Doughty mark
State of Maine
Cumberland ss. } Brunswick June 28. 1832.
Then the above named Ichabod Doughty, a person of a fair reputation for truth & veracity, personally appeared and made oath to the truth of the foregoing statement by him subscribed before.
Ebenezer D. Justice of the Peace.

Disposition of Stephen Ridgway of Bowdoin

I Stephen Ridout of Bowdoin county of Lincoln and State of Maine of Lawful Age do testify and say that I was a Soldier in the Old Revolutionary War between the United States and Great Britain, and Do know that Nathaniel Gatchell (then of the Town of Brunswick, in the County of Cumberland in said State) now of Durham in said Cumberland, was at that time a soldier in the Service of the United States
Question did you know said Nathaniel Gatchell before he was in the service? Answer I did.
Question when did you see said Gatchell after he was in the service? Answer at least Point.
Question how long was said Gatchell in the service on the Revolution?
Answer Eight Months.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this Thirty first day of March A.D. 1832. Then Personally appeared the above named Stephen Ridout and made oath to the above affidavit, my own subscribed to be true.
Before me Jas. Patten Justice of the Peace

State of Maine Androscoggin County S S On this 30 th day of December A. D. 1860 before me the subscriber a justice of the Peace for the said county of Androscoggin, personally appeared Mary Douglas formerly widow of Nathaniel Gatchell, who on her oath declares that she is the identical Mary Douglas, who was on the 30 th day of August A. D. 1859 pensioned at the rate of $48,32 per annum on account of the Revolutionary services of her said former husband Nathaniel Gatchell aforesaid, who drew a pension of the same amount of her own. That her name was placed on the pension roll of the State of Wisconsin from which State she has recently removed to the State of Maine, where she intends to remain and wishes her pension to be there payable in future. The following are her reasons for removing from Wisconsin to Maine, Viz Maine is her native place. Most of her friends and relatives reside in Maine and she wishes to spend the residue of her days among the friends and scenes of her youth. Mary for Douglas Witnes Jacob Herrick
Subscribed and sworn to before me on the day and year first above written Jacob Herrick just peace
I John Blatten of Durham in the County of Andro- scoggin and State of Maine, on oath depose and say that I have been acquainted with Mrs Mary Douglas who has made the above declaration, all my days. She is the identical person she represents herself to be in her said statements, which statements are within my own knowledge and are true. Witnes Jacob Herrick John Blatten

State of Maine Androscoggin County S.S. on this 30 th day of December 1860 personally appeared John Blethen and made oath in due form of law that the within statement by him signed regarding the identity of Mary Douglass is true and I certify that the said John Blethen is well known to me as a witness of respectability and veracity and further that the facts set forth in said Mary Douglass, statement are within my own knowledge and that I am in no wise interested in the claim. Jacob Herrick Just. Peace.
State of Maine.
ANDROSCOGGIN, SS.
Clerk's Office, Sup. Jud. Court,
Auburn, February 6 1861 }
I, Josiah D. Pulsifer, Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court for said County of Androscoggin, being a Court of Record, do hereby certify that
Jacob Herrick
is, and at the date of his certificate to the paper hereunto annexed, was an ACTING JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, within and for the County of _____ Androscoggin, as appears by the paper hereunto annexed—that he is duly commissioned and qualified to administer oaths and take acknowledgements of Deeds and other instruments in writing, in the county _____ aforesaid, and that the following signature, purporting to be his, is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Supreme Judicial Court for said County, the day and year first above written.
J. D. Pulsifer , CLERK.